An assessment of the health of two rivers within harare, zimbabwe, on the basis of macroinvertebrate community structure and selected physicochemical variables

African Journal of Aquatic Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 134-145

  Phiri, C ^a  

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Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Gwebi River; Macroinvertebrates; Mukuvisi River; Physico Chemistry; River Health; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 53049101571     PISSN: 16085914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/160859100780177677     Document Type: Article

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